UNDERWATER MINING MACHINE

An underwater mining machine (10) includes a chassis (12) mounted on a powered drive arrangement (14) for driving the chassis on an underwater surface, the chassis (12) having a front end and a rear end and being adapted to be maneouvrable and driven in at least a forward direction, a rotatable cutt...

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Main Authors RICHARDSON, KEVIN DAVID, CLAASSEN, IGNATIUS CORNELIUS, JACKSON, MARK LAWRENCE, TAYLOR, MICHAEL JOHN, DE PRETTO, ROBERTO, SPIRES, MICHAEL HAYDEN, JONES, ALAN STEPHEN, MANN, RICHARD FREDERICK, SMART, LESLIE ROBIN, DINGLE, MICHAEL ESTMENT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 01.10.1998
Edition6
Subjects
DREDGING
EARTH DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
MINING
MINING OR QUARRYING
SOIL SHIFTING
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Summary:An underwater mining machine (10) includes a chassis (12) mounted on a powered drive arrangement (14) for driving the chassis on an underwater surface, the chassis (12) having a front end and a rear end and being adapted to be maneouvrable and driven in at least a forward direction, a rotatable cutting drum (22) secured to a boom (24) which is attached to a cradle (92) mounted on the chassis, and material gathering means (46) adapted to gather material which has been excavated or broken up by the cutting drum (22).
Bibliography:Application Number: CA19982285630